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That reality sets an obvious course for me and my family: Keep all we can conceivably need and distribute the rest to society, for its needs. My pledge starts us down that course. (Warren Buffett)
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. View quote
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After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. View quote
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I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on the society I was born into. View quote
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The approach and strategies are very similar in that you gather all the information you can and then keep adding to that base of information as things develop. View quote
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It's like choosing the 2020 Olympic team by picking the children of all the winners at the 2000 Games. View quote
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The 400 of us pay a lower part of our income in taxes than our receptionists do, or our cleaning ladies, for that matter. View quote
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In the stock market you do not base your decisions on what the market is doing, but on what you think is rational. View quote
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Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people. View quote
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. View quote
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The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging. (Warren Buffett)
The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends. View quote
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I don't use very many of those claim checks. There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die. View quote
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Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. View quote
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We never want to count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrow's obligations. View quote
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I call investing the greatest business in the world ... because you never have to swing. View quote
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More than 99% of my wealth will go to philanthropy during my lifetime or at death. Measured by dollars, this commitment is large. In a comparative sense, though, many individuals give more to others every day. View quote
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I make no attempt to forecast the general market - my efforts are devoted to finding undervalued securities. View quote
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Moreover, this pledge does not leave me contributing the most precious asset, which is time. View quote
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The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. View quote
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Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful. (Warren Buffett)
I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy. View quote
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Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. View quote
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Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. View quote
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be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy. View quote
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